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New Horizons for Learning: Differential Education

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Differential education is not only a current trend in today's classrooms, but has been proven an effective practice not only for gifted learners, but for all learners, throughout the past 50 years or so. This article provides information...
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PBS

Colorin Colorado: Differentiated Instruction & Rti for El Ls

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Resources for providing differentiated instruction and response to intervention for English Language Learners. Includes links to articles, videos, and podcasts.
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Unit Plan
REMC Association of Michigan

Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 9. Search Strategies

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this learning module, students learn how to: use Michigan eLibrary, boolean logic, and dictionary.com; use search engines; choose reputable websites; cite sources; and differentiate between real and fake information. Includes an...
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Teachnology

Teachnology: How to Differentiate Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A very helpful introduction to differentiated instruction, which includes research on this type of instruction and steps for teachers to take in differentiating their instruction. Links to additional information are also provided under...
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Strategies for Differentiating Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Detailed article offers many suggestions for differentiating instruction in the classroom. Site also offers links to other resources on differentiation.
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Other

Components of Differentiated Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A theory and practice that is becoming more familiar to teachers today, this article introduces differentiated instruction, and describes components and helpful guidelines for differentiating instruction.
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Curated OER

Teaching Today: Intervention Strategies for Mathematics Teachers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides intervention strategies for math teachers. The site talks about both identifying students that need intervention and ways to address the issues. The ways to address the issues include small groups, differentiated...
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Edutopia

Edutopia: Learner Interest Matters: Strategies for Empowering Student Choice

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
When a topic connects to what students like to do, engagement deepens as they willingly spend time thinking, dialoguing, and creating ideas in meaningful ways. This article gives ideas on how to harness the power of your students'...
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Other

Types of Differentiated Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From veteran teacher and author of Enhance Learning, Priscilla Theroux has combined years of research and experience into the resource pages of this site. This page outlines the four different ways of differentiating instruction: in...
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Johns Hopkins University

School of Education at Johns Hopkins: Differentiated Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site presents information about the need for differentiated instruction. There are several articles and links provided.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Dyslexia and High School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An expert shares her observations of a dyslexic student struggling to learn at school. Also included are numerous proven examples of differentiated instruction and accommodations that can help a student to succeed.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Literacy Achievement Academy, Grade 2: Additional Resources

For Teachers 2nd
This is a collection of links to teacher resources for teaching literacy to 2nd graders. It includes reading comprehension, word recognition, vocabulary, fluency, differentiated instruction, and using assessment data.
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Curated OER

Strategies for Differentiating Instruction

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed article offers many suggestions for differentiating instruction in the classroom. Site also offers links to other resources on differentiation.
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Other

Improving Word Identification Skills Using Strategic Instruction Model (Sim)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This research article is a Publication of the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition. In this article, the authors share the steps for using the Strategic Instruction Model (SIM) to help secondary students with identifying...
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Website
Johns Hopkins University

School of Education at Johns Hopkins: Cooperative Learning Overview

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How do you use cooperative learning in the classroom? The success of the group depends on the successful work of every individual. This site provides an overview of cooperative learning in the classroom, and the effect the method has on...
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Teda

For Students 9th - 10th
The Teda inhabit the Tibesti Massif, in northern Chad. They are generally considered to be part of a larger grouping of people known as "Tebu," "Tebou," "Tibbu," or "Toubou." Patterns of growth, intraethnic differentiation, and migration...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Symbolic Math Guide App

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This App helps students learn and practice problem-solving strategies by providing transformations for various types of computational problems. Simplify expressions solving equations, compute derivatives, and more.
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Article
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Secondary Literacy: Life Changing Results

For Teachers K - 1st
This 2007 brief provides an orientation to the Content Literacy Continuum (CLC) model a replicable district-level model of instruction to meet the differentiated needs of struggling adolescents. CLC is a five-level model that is aligned...
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Media Smarts

Media Smarts: Can You Spot the Ad?

For Students K - 1st
MediaSmarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for students. In this activity, young students will learn how to differentiate "branded" and brands" in content. Students will also learn learn strategies and goals of advertisers.
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Edutopia

Edutopia: Ten Tips for Personalized Learning via Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A list of 10 relevant tips how the educators of Forest Lake Elementary deploy a powerful array of digital-technology tools to challenge and support each child at his or her own level.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Schools in Which All Kinds of Minds Can Grow

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As we discover more about how students learn and how different minds learn differently, our schools have a golden opportunity to increase the percentage of their students who experience true academic success.
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LD Online

Ld Online: Behavior Modification in the Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Would you like to reinforce or diminish certain behaviors im your classroom? This article explains the fundamentals to effectively use behavior modificatiom in the school setting.
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Other

Digital Directions: Digital Tools Expand Options for Personalized Learning

For Students 9th - 10th
The picture says it all! A hand-held device provides aspects of personalized learning for each student, a "personal play list of lessons, tools, and activities that deliver content in ways that align with individual and optimal learning...